{"id":38685,"date":"2024-10-15T16:31:32","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T21:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/?p=38685"},"modified":"2024-10-15T17:41:06","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T22:41:06","slug":"und-president-named-keynote-speaker-for-next-ai-innovation-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/2024\/10\/und-president-named-keynote-speaker-for-next-ai-innovation-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"UND president named keynote speaker for next AI-Innovation Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>President Andy Armacost to discuss AI in higher education Oct. 17 in virtual address to global audience of more than 40,000<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32310\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32310\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32310\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/09\/230926-chatgpt-5762WEB.jpg\" alt=\"Andy Armacost and Greg Brockman\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/09\/230926-chatgpt-5762WEB.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/09\/230926-chatgpt-5762WEB-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/09\/230926-chatgpt-5762WEB-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32310\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In this file photo from Sept. 26, 2023, UND President Andy Armacost and Greg Brockman, co-creator of ChatGPT, discuss AI and Brockman\u2019s history at UND. UND archival photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>University of North Dakota President Andy Armacost will share insights on the use of artificial intelligence in higher education as keynote speaker for the next Artificial Intelligence-Innovation Summit, a virtual, monthly \u201cTED Talk\u201d-style gathering of more than 40,000 tech industry senior executives, salespeople and consultants from around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Armacost is slated to give a 45-minute keynote presentation starting at 1 p.m. Central time on Thursday, Oct. 17. During his presentation, he will address:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How UND faculty and staff are embracing AI and incorporating it into their curricula and operations.<\/li>\n<li>How UND is building a sense of inquiry rather than fear.<\/li>\n<li>How UND is conducting leading edge computational research in a variety of fields.<\/li>\n<li>How UND is approaching the task of gaining legislative support for statewide adoption of AI.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Go to <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ArtificialIntelligence-InnovationSummits.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.ArtificialIntelligence-InnovationSummits.com<\/a> <\/strong>to find out how to participate in the discussion.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/campus.und.edu\/directory\/andrew.armacost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Armacost is the 13th president of UND.<\/a><\/strong> He came to the University following 30 years of active service in the U.S. Air Force. He earned his doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology\u2019s Operations Research Center, a global leader in a field that lies at the intersection of computation, mathematics and business.<\/p>\n<p>Under Armacost\u2019s leadership, UND has won praise for its adoption of AI in academic programs, research efforts and campus operations, which have set a benchmark for North Dakota, and the University\u2019s example has helped the state integrate AI into higher education, K-12, state agencies and private industry.<\/p>\n<p>The Artificial Intelligence-Innovation Summits are hosted by Gerald \u201cSolutionman\u201d Haman of The SolutionPeople Network and sponsored by the 1-million-member strong <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ArtificialIntelligenceInnovators.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ArtificialIntelligenceInnovators.org.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Andy Armacost to discuss AI in higher education Oct. 17 in virtual address to global audience of more than 40,000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":32310,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[38,1121],"class_list":["post-38685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-around-und","tag-alumni-association-foundation","tag-armacost"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UND president named keynote speaker for next AI-Innovation Summit - UND Today<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"President Andy Armacost to discuss AI in higher education Oct. 17 in virtual address to global audience of more than 40,000\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/2024\/10\/und-president-named-keynote-speaker-for-next-ai-innovation-summit\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UND president named keynote speaker for next AI-Innovation Summit - UND Today\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Andy Armacost to discuss AI in higher education Oct. 17 in virtual address to global audience of more than 40,000\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/2024\/10\/und-president-named-keynote-speaker-for-next-ai-innovation-summit\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"UND Today\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-10-15T21:31:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-10-15T22:41:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/09\/230926-chatgpt-5762WEB.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"683\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"UND Today\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"UND Today\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/und-today\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/und-president-named-keynote-speaker-for-next-ai-innovation-summit\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/und-today\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/und-president-named-keynote-speaker-for-next-ai-innovation-summit\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"UND Today\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/und-today\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6d75904e56fd4224cbe50dab6857dc00\"},\"headline\":\"UND president named keynote speaker for next AI-Innovation Summit\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-15T21:31:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-10-15T22:41:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/und-today\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/und-president-named-keynote-speaker-for-next-ai-innovation-summit\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":328,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/und-today\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/und-president-named-keynote-speaker-for-next-ai-innovation-summit\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/und-today\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/7\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/230926-chatgpt-5762WEB.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Alumni Association &amp; 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